Maybole Explained

Country:Scotland
Static Image Name:Maybole from the Cemetery Brae - geograph.org.uk - 239174.jpg
Static Image Caption:Maybole from the Cemetery Brae
Official Name:Maybole
Population Ref:
Os Grid Reference:NS301100
Coordinates:55.3551°N -4.68°W
Map Type:Scotland
Unitary Scotland:South Ayrshire
Lieutenancy Scotland:Ayrshire and Arran
Constituency Westminster:Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Post Town:MAYBOLE
Postcode District:KA19
Postcode Area:KA
Dial Code:01655
Edinburgh Distance Mi:71
London Distance Mi:325

Maybole is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of in . It is situated 9miles south of Ayr and 50miles southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The town is bypassed by the A77.

History

Maybole has Middle Ages roots, receiving a charter from Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick in 1193. In 1516 it was made a burgh of regality, although for generations it remained under the suzerainty of the Clan Kennedy, afterwards Earls of Cassillis and (later) Marquesses of Ailsa, the most powerful family in Ayrshire. The Marquess of Ailsa lived at Cassillis House, just outside Maybole until its sale in 2007.[1] In the late seventeenth century, a census recorded Maybole was home to 28 "lords and landowners with estates in Carrick and beyond."[2]

In former times, Maybole was the capital of the district of Carrick, Scotland, and for long its characteristic feature was the family mansions of the barons of Carrick. Maybole Castle, a former seat of the Earls of Cassillis, dates to 1560 and still remains, although aspects of the castle are viewed as "of concern".[3] The public buildings include the town-hall, the Ashgrove and the Lumsden fresh-air fortnightly homes, and the Maybole combination poorhouse.[4]

Maybole is a short distance from the birthplace of Robert Burns, the Scots national poet. Burns's mother was a Maybole resident, Agnes Brown.[5]

In the nineteenth century, Maybole became a centre of boot and shoe manufacturing.

Margaret McMurray (??-1760), one of the last native speakers of a Lowland dialect of Scottish Gaelic, is recorded to have lived at Cultezron (not to be confused with nearby Culzean), a farm on the outskirts of Maybole.

Notable landmarks

Education

The town has three primary schools: Cairn Primary, Gardenrose Primary and St Cuthberts Primary.

The secondary school for Maybole is Carrick Academy (a school of Rugby).

Sports

The local football club, Maybole Juniors F.C., play at Ladywell Stadium. They are members of the West of Scotland Football League.

Notable cultural references

The lyrics of The Waterboys' "Glastonbury Song" include: "I dreamed myself from the sultry plains, To the old green square back in old Maybole ..."

Notable residents

Twin towns

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. "Party-loving Scots laird drops dead in Florida toilet hours before he is due to be guest at Highland Games", Daily Record, by Stephen Houston, 22 January 2015, https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/party-loving-scots-laird-drops-dead-5021460
  2. Web site: Maybole Visitor Guide - Accommodation, Things To Do & More . visitscotland.com.
  3. Web site: Maybole Castle, High Street, Maybole | Buildings at Risk Register . buildingsatrisk.org.uk.
  4. Web site: Maybole Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland . undiscoveredscotland.co.uk.
  5. Web site: Notables . maybole.org.
  6. Web site: Eyre, Margaret Radclyffe-Livingstone- [née Lady Margaret Kennedy], styled countess of Newburgh (1800–1889), philanthropist]. 2020-12-13. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/45582.
  7. Web site: Baptist Church of Maybole History . maybole.org.